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CHARLES W. NORTHROP, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

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SPECIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 5748,814, dated October29, 1895.

`Application iiledJnne 15, 1895. Serial No. 552,875. (No model.)

,To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. NoR'rHRoP,

a citizen of the United States, residing at New-f ark, in the county ofEssex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful;

as checks, drafts, notes, invoices, &c.-in alphabetical order forconvenience of reference, to reduce the liability of making mistakes,and to secure other advantages and results hereinafter referred to.

The invention consists in the improved indexed tile and in thecombination and arrangement of the parts thereof, as herein set forth,and finally pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective viewof an indexed le broken off at one side, illustrating my invention. Fig.2 is a view in elevation of one of the cards or tabs. Fig. 3 is avertical transverse section taken through line :c of Fig. 2, and Fig. etis a view in elevation illustrating a name plate or card adapted to bereadily inserted and removed from the receptacle with which each card isprovided.

In carrying ont my invention I employ a suitable box, folio, orreceptacle A, of any desired dimensions, and a series of cards B,adapted to be arranged side by side therein, as illustrated in Fig. l,each card being provided with a receptacle, C composed, preferably, ofsheet-brass or other suitable material, which may be bent upon itselfand fastened upon the upper edge of thegcards at different points, asillustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, the upper portion, constituting thereceptacle,

projecting above the upper edge of the card and having an opening a inone side thereof,

so as to expose a name or other device which may be inserted in saidreceptacle, as clearly shown and illustrated in the drawings. Theopening is preferably made nearer one end of the receptacle than theother, whereby a inger-hold is provided, by means of which the cards canbe manipulated without having the finger cover or soil the name-stripwithin the receptacle. Said receptacles are adapted to be secured at anypoint upon the upper edges ofthe cards, so as to leave the naines fullyexposed to View, and arranged thereon in alphabetical order, so as to bereadily seen at a glance, whereby documents corresponding with any givennaine may be readily slipped behind the card bearing said name and thusbe kept for ready and convenient reference at any and all times, therebygreatly facilitating the asserting and arranging of said documents.

It will readily be seen that in banking and counting houses, where theasserting and arranging of documents is a very important matter andwhere new accounts are being opened and others closed from day to. dayand from hour to hour, by means of this deyvice such operations arepermitted and greatly facilitated.

The metal tops or receptacles for holding the name cards or slips D areseparate from the cardboards. These slips can be easily shifted backwardor forward, thus making it possible by leaving occasional blanks, asillustrated in Fig. 1, to putin additional names from time to timewithout disturbing the alphabetical or vowel order thereof, or a namecan be withdrawn where an account is closed and a new name substitutedtherefor. Thus a thousand or any number of cardboards can be reached andany name clearly read from one position, no part of it being hidden.Moreover, the device is very compact and durable. The metal tops orreceptacles being the only parts needing to be handled, the cardboardsare practically indestructible.

As names are aseasily removed as put in, old accounts may be taken ontor new ones inserted at any time and the perfect order of alphabeticalindexing be preserved, thus rendering it very convenient and promotingthe rapidity of filing, from the fact that while one hand is taking upchecks or papers the other is free to manipulate the cardboards, therebymaking the asserting or arranging quick andl easy.

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' or sign and having an opening in one side thereof to expose said nameor sigma removable name strip in each receptacle, said receptaoles beingarranged at different points upon the tops of said card boards inalphabetical order, so as to partially overlap each other but to leaveexposed the full name contained therein, as described, and for the pur-15 poses setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this14th day of June, 1895.

CHARLES W. NORTHROP.

Witnesses OLIVER DRAKE, ROBERT SOLLBERGER.

